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CORRBSPONDEATC.B 121*EEN G ENERALS- CASTANOS, CU'ESTA, 8k; We have once or twice had occasion to refer to tbe arrest of the Deputies to the Central . Junta, from Castile and Leon, by General Cuesta, an affair which has hitherto been involved in mystery. At length, :however, an interestiper explanatory correspondence,. which took place through the i'uterference of General Castanos, has been printed, but net published,. by. order of the Supretne Jonta of Seville. We hare been favoined with a sight of the documents, which are rate even in Spain, from which we shall make an extra& as cop i ous as the occurrence admits o.r, which is no w an objetof curiosity only, and has used to be of importance. bNo. 1. Is a" Letter . from General Castanos to ‘ - ttesta. It b eg i ns by Stating the, reports that had' seen spread concerning the arrest of the Deputies . , by the G enera l ; and proceeds then to observe upon t he acquiescence of the whole Nation in the authority of the Provincial Juntas, and the general desire of the' Peopl e to see a'Central Junta in the possession of the national authority : " In dependently, however, the public will say, d an has already said, of the general opinion enter ltained of M. Valde s , hi s we ll- tr i e d l o y a lt y an d dls llguished s erv i ces, and o f t h e p e rsona l character of due te 'e . other t Deputi es —i n d e p en d ent ly o f t he respec t -their Provinces their public character, the high, confidence bra merit, and the- most important and bent concerns they were engaged in, what crimes end " 11 they have committed to merit being so arrested impriaon e d ? Wh at i s t h e competent authority ' c ' do this ? If they are delinquents, .why were they l ' u t denounced t o t h e Juntas of their several' pro- J in ces . ? Why not a ccuse t h em b e f ore the Central 4 nta,.which was on t h e po i nt of a s sembling ?" " . 1 , o r General t h en j ust i f i es hi s Own interference, statin the anxiety and a l a r m o f the p, and '! 'e lat he b ee- üblic, eit.gthe chief of th e t roo p s w h o garrisone d 'w , " N letroisolis as bound to reli e v e t h e pu bli c m i n d ; ie-therefore demands of General Cuesta whether the r eports of his 'eonduet be correat, and why he pur- Sued WC') steps. This is dated from Madrid, the 18th of September. M1\10..2. Is the answer of General Cuesta, dated `te ead- quarters,. at Tu regano , t h e t g a l September.— r acknowledged th e teteipt of Cast anos ' s let et, and having p roteste d that " as principal . an d ! °le Chief of the provinces of Castile a n d Leon," ;,e:l d s under no neces..ity to give an acc ou nt o f hi s con -4) an y 'Provin c i a l G overnment, of which he is i l l me Pendent, w hi le no e'eneral Governm ent oe sfact'neY is established ; he proceeds to stat e t h e these ..c----•°‘fleeted with the arrest, which are shortly nav ing been nOitiinated Ciptain General o f t h e Itiprovinces of C astile and teon by Ferdinded : rin g 'his sh ort re i gn, he - resolved to . do all i n hi s n r"r • to resi s t t h e tyr.inny'Of the Fr enc h, b y arm , g the 'Provhices tr\icier his command. In order to :j C arry this into effeer, he ordered the formation Of a unta of armanient and defence' for superintending. .the enlisting and equipping of troops in each dist net , a n tendencia) ; and at the same tittle he formed at Valladolid a General 'Junta, with the same title, :for the sztm e .p ur p ose, who a&ed underhis dit and till the Patriots Were obliged to abandon Otter :the battle olthe I2i h . ol June. The General, I,aiter thedissohition of that Junta, termed another e st Consisting of th at P rov i ncial Junta atreafty cipaYlished there, and of a Deputy from eac h inten lein,,Cy of 'Casrile. At L eon , C uesta was joined.by to Valdes, who had fled from Palencia, and offered act Under the direatiOn 'of 'the 'General; who, 'in c °nsi deration o f 'hi s f ormer Office and.resi:eetability, ;' cin firtiled hiris President of the Junta. When Be vente was delivered - ft - bin the French yoke, Cuesta E, s a t o r P ( *ed to establish a new Junta,There; but on tire t r e e stion of M. 'Valdes, ,he continued the junta . t l l Leon in their posts. 'ord er Junta;" he sa y s; " 'continued to obey my 'p ew s) though t h ey frequently surpasSed (heir tea s ers after the bl oo d y battle of Ri o S, eco , Fr ench °bil ged t o retreat towards Leon, -pursued by the de , and aba n d oned by the army of Galicia, un -I.,_r Whi c h critical tircu- r.starices I entered Lou. to re my infantry in th e conf in es of Asturia, and re-' with the 'cavalry to Castile." .It was then that . the Ju nta retired to Potiferrada:`Whete. M. V a ld es ; a ad tho se under his influence; intrigued secretly with the Junta of Corunna hi ord afro. command horn th enc e b to oth Castile and L eon , tbe pende ntly e of th e C aptain-General, who was to subordinate to Such 'united Junta From Lugo, .144ci,LValdes co mmunicated thi s determination to;the 44-`., teral, req u i r i ng that he should obey his . orders, ttlordering him to.deliver.up all his cavalry ro'the to do tal in Chief of this the Gen era l re f used o _ i s :7 M. V a ld es a l so comtnueicared similar orders 1it ...71 the infk rior Juntas under the'General's autho- On b e in g i nformed of this,' the General itri lish` ( CI , •tt those inferior Juntas . his resolution 'to abo break, o t W a f i u t %it . ive Junta," and commanded them to t tte greater Parte''vr, ni tnunication with it. I'le was-, for obeyed , hyThose . Juetas, Parties; "w ar se 'ls' some in that kingdom et „, e f or .Leon, tali for „ - "'"ngtheir armed population with the sistiei e f"sznY., which was within sight, and in irre- Te ets, w°i.rtCe• Further, M. Valdes and his adhe therns e : " , ° , l3t any legal authority, arrogated to' • v -- .41e authority of representatives of Cas tral and Leon, and eleeted as DePuties io the Cen *l:,,4tluta, M. 'Valdes and Viscount Quintanilla.— conduel the General considered as a breach of a'An.ordination towards hit n, the Captain-General, itc(lag under the authority of the King; and. it was tulrlithi.s that he arrested M. Valdes, his cousin, Cap- Z.ol' a Frigate, Viante de Eulate, and the Viscount hu,tnttanilla, President and Members of the Junta I,, ris icti fled to Lugo. He confined them in the State th e ° ,, n °f Segovia; but having no jurisdiction . over fes,Alernbefs of the Junta of Galicia, he did not ar t of them. th at the ing stated these feels, General Cuesta protests Persons arrested not beint; legally ele&ed th a t- il l :e . t . a of the Central Junta; the individuals of satire , u . y were 'not justified in interfering. At the Nab oi ._ L a n!le be declared his' readiness to submit the trail.. to the Central Junta as soon as that body •hO uut be formaily.constitute Q 'e d and procl a i me d. fr ozll 3. Is a lett er, dated the 20th. of September, "i Is to the Council of Castile, in fr"g er ence a °IT of No. 1, and soliciting the inter perieta , he Council. " The public welfare im- Sty requires of 'v not to negleCt this expedient,- . of . „.. .o di happy result' of,kyltioh 1 cannot doubt, if ~tl4i COuncil condescend to interpose." No. 4. Is the reply of the ,Council to General Castanos, dated I.st of September. I n this tbe bean Aria Mons.expreSsed the entire coincidence, of ,the Conned, in the views and wishes, of the Geneial. 'Could the Council hearken with indifference to. the. noble sentitnents of one who, to the glory of the nation, has so laboured to break the chains which oppressed our beloved country.?. Would the Council expose that country to: the ,calamity. of. having its • great viaories and 'decisive triuihphs rencl,ered effectual by domestic dissentions, which if not heal ed, would involve the nation in ruin. N O. 5. Is Letter from the Conn e ll to General Cuesta, of the same date, expregsing the coaster-` nation they had felt at the arrest of the Deputies, and awowing their high sense Of:the.merits.and ser vices of M. Valdes. It remonstrates in the most mild and respectful terms with the General, con cerning 'the- evil tendency of , his Conduct. " To maintain the internal peace of the kingdom, the Council has renounced its rights, .and been inn Bible to the ingratitude it has• experienced. It sighed , ' for a legislative power, Which. would iniite the sovereign authority of the several kingdomS,'in the unhappy absence of the Monarch, and remedy the evils produced by division's. And when that happy moment approached, it b e h e ld. its desires frugrated by so unlooked-for an incident." The Council then suggests, that even if the individuals were guilty of any political offence, no harm would, arise trom their being Permitted to join the General Junta. • • , No. 6.' Is a Note froM ,Castanps toNCuesta, of the 'same date, declaring that all further cortesponderiCe between them would be useless. NO. 7. Is a second Letter from Castanos to the Council, inclosing a copy of C'iesta's Letter, the:re ceipt of which is acknowledged in N0..8. No. 9. Contains the.answer of General Ctiesta'io the Letter of the Council, in whiCh the arrest 'is avowed, and reasons for it urged before, are repeat ed. " The detention of the arrested, far from hav ing the evil consequences prognoSticated,f ought,ra ther to be the means:of avoiding the discussions and doubts which .might occur when the Central Junta saw a double set of Deputies present themselves, and contend for admission. On the other hand, neither prudence nor justice permit me to overlook the dis loyalty, insurrection, and insubordinatiop of the an cient Junta of Leon, created by me, and seduced by its President, as will be proved by the documents. I shall therefore ordter a Council of War, consisting nt Generals ; to be formed, in order to sit in ju4 - - ment on one who is a General, if a Sovereign Re gency be not established before, to whose decision I shall immediately submit these pt'oceedings, and all my powers, which I have hitherto, considered as hi . dependent of all.other authority. Nevertheless, I shall always respect the mediation of this Supreme - Council, froth whose judgment and knowledge I expeo that it will calm its fears, and approve of .itny deterinination; when it shall he informed' of my 'motives." bated Burg() de. Osma, 22d September. The result, as is known, was, that the Central Junta was iormed; notwithstanding the absence of the arrested Deputies from Castile and Leon, and also of the Deputies from Galicia, who did not .yen tore 'to pats through the country where General 'enesta was in authority ; and that those Deputies have since been admitted to take their seats, while General Guesta remains in the capital unemployed. When the Earl. of STAIR -was Ambassador in' Holland; he made frequent entertainments, to which the- Foreign Ministers were constantly invited, not excepting even France, though hostilities were then commencing - between The two countries. In re turn, the French . residen as constantly invited the English . and Austrian Ambassadors Upon the Tike occasions. The French-Minister was a man of Considerable wit and . vivacity. One day he proposed a health in these terms : The rising sun,7 (my master) alluding to the motto of Lours XIV. which was pledged by the whole company. It then came to the Baron Di RIESRACtes turn to give a health,. and he, in the same humour, gave " The-moon and fixed stars," in complithent to the Empress-Queen. When it came to the English Ambassador's turn, ail the eyes of the company were turned upon him, but he, .no way ~daunted, drank to hi s maske r by th e Larnor" Jogrful the son of Nun, who made the suit and ?noon to stand still." At Constantinople ; on the 10th of OEtober, the -Grand , V'izier gave a Sprendid Dinner to about 300,000' persons, in the 'great plain 'or Kiathina. All the neighbouring hills were filled with sue&a _tors, admiring this great scene;, which ,the Grand Signor honoured with his own Presence. Unveiled' Ladies were not allowed to be present. It was givtu on account of the int rocluaion of the corps of . Sehneos,, ; who replace the Janizaries. In the neighbourhood of Pate ley Bridgo, on the 16th ult. ,pact of the roof of a lead mine unexpeol edly gave way, and falling upon Christopher King,. of Boverley, crushed him to death. When the me lancholy intelligence .was communicated to the mo-. ther-in-law of the deceased, it produced so severe a shock as to occasioti her death the' swine day.. In the gale of wind that separated the last, convoy of Cavalry Transports,' one . of them, with 'a diviSion of the Prince of Wales's Dragoons, •the loth, was ., boarded by a French Schooner, .who only took the. arms of the men, but were about to kill the horses, : when a Frigate heaving in sight; they. hastily quitted . the Transport before they effected their brutal design. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 7.--. There is bait a short supply of Wheat to-day, and sales in this trade fully. support Monday's advance ; Barley in plenty, and, rather cheaper ; Malt likewise,' and extreme heavy sale ; White Pease hardly at last quota t ion - ; • very. - few small Old Beans, which maintain their prices ; there are very •tew arrivals. of Oats, and .this article continues full 'as dear; Flour this week a trifle dearer; sales as under, fine quoted at 85s. nominal. Wheat 63s a 76s a 86s od Tick Beans . 7zs a 78$ od Fine ditto (new) ;9os A 941 lg.: Oats -. 365 a 4os a 44 5 cl Rye - .. 559 a bos od Noland ditto 45$ a 469 o(1 Harley - - 4 0 s a 4.3 s od 1 Potatoe . . —s a 47$ od Malt - . 74$ a 8 . ,:s cd t Rape Seed . 481 a 531 -cd White Pease 1309 5 1429 cd. kine Floor . Bos a 829 cd Gtey'ditt6 . 569 a 6is od Seconds . . -is a Bos cd Bruns , . . . 76s A bzs ed LAIP 21EF511T. COVRT OF .LNG's BENCH, Di 6. CHAMBERS, ESQ. JONES, ESQ. . • SCARLETT stated this to be an Adion.dgaiilst Air. Jones,. the Marshal of the King's Bench,, for escape of Captain t ablfitld, aperson V ho had ;been charged in execution at ,the suit of Mr. Cham;- . bers, who. had recovered against Captain Caulfield the sum of two thousand pounds dan.l4i,ies, , for cri minal conversation w ith M rs. Chambers, ;and .his costs, which had been taxed at'2ool.; so that Capt. Caulfield had been charged in execution for 22001. The first part of the complaint was, that Ciptain Caulfield, being a prisoner - in the King's:Betich,had made his escape ; that is, had gone out Of the rides'of ,the King's Bench Prison. To which there was a plea, that. the Defendant Caulfield had:afterWards rendered. himself, and had - been'kept in the - ctistodi of the Marshal since, until, the timed the death of _Captain Caulfield, upon which issue was taken.- 1 -• The question was, whether Captain,Caultield had, ,ever been obi of the custody of the Marshal after the • voluntary surrender after the first escapee that, is, whether, he was aut of iheßules of the Kiog'S Bench Prison ? And he had to prove'the aMrmative of that proposition : he should prove that he was at Hampton Court, and el aually died thete But here. :he must observ e , that not the slightest imputation for his'esCape rested on Mr. Jones, who was a Gen tleman of Perfea integrity, whom he, as well as tile' whole 'Bar, had the pleasure to be acquainted With-. a . nd to esteem; but the truth was, that Mr. Johes, .vias' imposed upon by thos e w h o answered hiS agents when they went to see whether Cant. Caulfield, Was; 'at his lodgingS, at No. 15, iii Melina-pla c e, w i t hi n; . the Rules; that he had g one out tbr anhour s and soon; and Mr. Jones,. out-Of perfect good temper, did - not 'instru&' hts . :Clerls to insiSt on seeing C a pt: Caulfield,- satisfied that he was neonstant resident there. But the fat l was, that this - . 1.; - .6nerotis derice.was abused; for CanfairCatillield; While he was thus stipposed to be a Prisoner in the 11016 of the King's Bench, was atOnally much of his time in BrianstOne-street with Mrs. Chambers, with-whom he had before committed the adultery . for which he .Was made a‘Prisoper, and he aCi,ually died at Hamp; ton Court, and the'body was brought to the lodgings in Melina-place; and the same :artifice that had imposed on !dr. Jones Lad imposed also on the Co roner, when theinquest was beld..on the body—lor ,the Coroner understood - „that,Caulfield had died in that house ; 'but, in truth, the body was brOught there in a leaden coffin, which codify was opened , before the Coroner came. There wero two objeaipns taken to th e pl ea di ngs here :—First, that one of the writs, anon °muftis, Was wrongly recited ; secondly, that after the first plea, thereought to have been a new assigotnent.--1 .To.. both Which his Lordship was much inclined in point of law,' bUt saved. ther4 for the consideration of the'Court. . The ATTORNUY-GENERAL, after. paying a just . -tribute of praise to Mr. Jones for his integrity and .generous disposition ; observed, that a person much less acquainted with the nature of evidence than that Gentlenian, would see that. thiS Was a'case which could not be resisted. Mr. Chambers had taken the body Of his debtor in execution, and although he -could never leave sixpence -worth. of him but skin and bone, and although he was on the point of,losing even that satisfaCtion, because his debtor was aboet dropping into the grave, yet he had a right 'to de tain that miserable body in prison while it had life in it; and as that, body was out of custody, and 'as Mr: Chambers had chosen to call upon :another to :pay that which he never could have got by'detain 7 ing the body of his , debtor, the law allowed him to 'd o so. , ,But it was impossible to conceive a case -of . greater hardship than this,was upon Mr. Jones, who had allowed to Captain Caulfield more.than' the law : granted : to him and humanity dictated; but Captain Caulfield had abused the confidence which had been reposed its hi n.' •.: • Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that upon this evidence, subject to the points of law which bad been reserved; the Plaintiff Was, in this case, entitled to a • The Jury found for the. Plaintiff; by which he will. get the.2oool. datnages,for his wife's infidelity,. and costs of. COURT OF CON/NION PLEAS, 02c. 6. 'SITTINGS BEFORE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ,MANSFIELD, AND A SPECIAL JURY, AT 'N'ETIS,IIINiSTER. • • • BEAZLEY against vri:j.JKhs:‘ . This :action was brought ,by:Mr..Bea - zley ; who is a Surveyor, , agaihst; Mr. Williams, Who :is, of the same profession, for defamation. The . circum stances of this case; as stated by .Mr. Serjeant .IiERD, were shortly these. These two Gentlemen, with two others, had been employed, the one by Mr. Hakes and the other by Messrs. Derrners, to , survey .some party-walls., at : No, 22, Piccadilly. .A certificate was signed by the ,Surveyors On, the part.of Mr. flawkes„against which Messrs. D.,T mers appealed ;. that appeal. came on to be•heard, be fore. W 34. MAINwApING • 45...5q. at . th e G u ildh a ll , :Westminster, when both the Plaintiff and Defendant , were examined ; and in the investigation of that ap-. peal it, became a:material question whether Mr. Beazley had on.a certain day (toth•Februhry,) com municated his opinion, and judgment to Mr. Wil hams and . the other Surveyors, concerning the state of these party-walls. Mr..Beazley deposed at :the. ,Guildhall, that he had made known his opinion re speOting these party-walls to Mr. Williams and the other Surveyors. Mr. Williams deposed that he had not * :and Mr. William s , at a su b sequent Period, (2d July last,) when Mr. Beazley, Mr. Stoddart, and other Gentlemen, were met at the sat* pre mises in . Piccadilly, to survey the party-wail, said to Mr. Stoddart, after Mr.' Beazley had quitted one of the rooms, " I am astonished you should be seen in company with such a rascal, who perjured himielf in a Court of JuStice-- 7 he is a perjured rascal or fellbw-he swore to a direct lie." For the speaking of these words, this atStion . was brought, to whi c h th e D e f en d ant p l eaded It pie? Qf . justiticat ion. After Mr. Serjeant, , S HE rn Enn had "proved the speaking of these words by Mr. Williams,' MT:DnuNcEY next .addressed the Jui - Y, on the part of the Defendant. After he' had finished hii opening, and called hisfirA witness t o su b stant i ate plea of Juatification, the Loitb CturA , jUSTACR ,lilterpo se 3,,, fir t d ',•, , Zi%:,, ".: (..;':;u+:efte ii crtntij ;X! .too long far me to write dOwLi 'ict'llat I think u 1 this subjea.'.' '. .... .- '• ' . , -. . .. ... . . , . .. , ll,consequette . of this intiothtioti from the Lotto CH' IE . F JUSTfcE, the Learned pou-nsel on both sides con terred privately ao,: i et hex: • ' . , The LORD CHIEF JUSTSCF. - said, " I 5110tIld have no ditlicully in tcjiing you what I mini: Should' be .done,; and one thing I will say nov.--.----Mr. DwNceir ,has conceived th a t if e t the Defend ant wero ac , quit the Plaintiff 'of' what be has charged him with, it ' would seem as if he adulitied that , he himSelt had hiTri,guilty of petjury. . 19 ' toy view of the thing, no:st , ..-.:h tonsequence, Would tbllow. I think it is very possibile that each of these Gentlemen- might swear what he. ,is, supposed to have done, the that he had made:khown his opinion, and 'the othet that he had: not made what 'he calls a comenun icatidn of his opinion, without being guilty of any thing file wilful and corrupt perj ury. " , Mr. DA U N CEY o b serve d to his Lordship;he had stated that,-;3nd if he would jUSE permit him for a moment---- LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.---" Your charge' is t hat of wilful and corrupt perjury, as stated in the .deciara firm. Did nobody ask Mi. Williams:, at the' Seg. sions, 'when the question arose, wheth er h e was aware what Mr. Beatley's opinion was ?" Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD, and also Mr. DAUNCEt, replied, that no such question' had been put to Mr, Williams, at the Sessions. LORD CHIEF JUSTIC E ._ •-" Every tody the brew 2E. ,, • . . . Mr. DAusrcay.—" The question was not what, Mr. ~Wilhants knew, but what Mr. Bea'ziey :had communicated to him." . . After some further consultation among the Coun sel, Mr. DAuNcEY-sail, " I believe, on the part of ' • my friend the Learned. Serpant, I can now state that to which he will accede ,on his part, and that which will be sufficient on mine. Mr: Williams is ready to declare he made this charge a: - - , :iiiist i:%".. Beazley, on the supposition that Mr. Leailey had intended to 'impute to him the same, crime which he has now imputed to .Mr. Beazley.' He •says lie made the charge on that,supposition ; but as M. Beazley does not mean to impute, that to Mr. Williams, Mr. 'Wil liams, by me, states, that if- that had been at first so Understood .by flint, he would not havelnade it, and does not . now make it t and, explained, as it is now, he is sorry,he has made it." i - LORD Cillb , JparlCE.— , " It is very proper wend' _this cause in this NVay. -I should have had some dif- Iciai btn:in licalsiticme: ficulty perhap s . i n te lli ng you what my impression of the matter was, if it had come to a conclusion. The Jury would ha r dl y, h ave found that Mr.' Bvaziey, -in what he bad said, had committed wilful an d corrupt 'perjury, which, on t h e part of the Defendant, Int,,q have been proved, and w hi c h, on the part or Beaz ley, i s positive:y defiled. 1 thi n k i t is most proba- . .ble, that Mr. B eaz l ey d id not in words comMuni cat(' it, but it is cl ear from, the evidence„ it 'was as well known then w h at Mr. Beazley's opinion. teas, as itis now ; and that Alr. Beazk'y should w ilf u ll y have cominitt e d ' per j ury - when he kne,:, there-were four or fiVe person s i n C ourt ready to-contradiCt him, is what . one c an hardly believe; and t h ere was no , interest which could p oss ibl y induce h:w to take s uc h an oath. O n Om other. h an d, Willi ams, I suppose, was very strongly i tnpressed with what Mr. Beazley had sworn no t b e i ng l iterally true, and therefore he o was guilty o f per j ury. Supposing -the fa - that Mr. Be az l e y h a d not literally•com. m his opinion 't o 'M r. NVilltas,' Mr. Wil toltzll-Iteielg'isdi he t very natu ra lly b e under t ha m Limpression. Mr. Williams tor his intemperate behaviour when he met Mr. Beazley subsequently on another business. At 'the same time, Williams did not charge him ,With this in any company except a mong those persons', all of whom knew what passed at the tune--all of whom were present, except Hill, who was a new Su'rv'eyor, and who, I dare say, knew it as•• well, as, the rest ; and therefore he did not ' make . this imputatlon in public company, or in the company of strangers, where it might be Misunder stood, Ido not think that either of thetnhave b een, guilty of any thing t h at t h e law 'calls 'perjury, or that any thing That has passed ought at all w atied their charact er s." , . , Mr.'Serjeant SHEPFTER4.. 7 --tc Mr: Beailey's oh jetSt is obtained, by what your Lordship has now said." LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--" I suppose the Ju r y i s .of the same opinion." • • The Jury declared they were perfeCtry of the same opinion. BELL 2'. THOMAS. This. was an action of trespass, for breaking and . entering a hoUse and taking away a key. The houe is situated at Sloane -street, Chelsea; and it was oc-. cupied by a Mrs. Jackson, whO gave up the p6sses sion to 'the Plaintiff. The 'Defendant rented the ground 'floor, and wishing to get-possessiog of the house instead of the Plaintiff; he sent for the. key, on pretence of 'removing some of Mrs. Jackson s goads which 1)-„mained on the p rem i ses. , The Plain tiff; in, compliance with the request; gave up the key,- ape the Defendant „afterwards refifsed to return it, and kept the Plaintiff out of possession. Mr. Serjea n t ',Errs, f o r the Pefendant, contended, that detaining .the' key, after it had'been sent by 'the Plaintiff; was'not a trespass ; he also ohjeded to the form of the declaration, which did not describe the parish where the trespass Was committed, b ut merely stated the Pari s h o f Chelsea, when it ought to hate been, St. Luke, Chelsea. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD consider e d the informality of the pleadings contrary to the general practice, and the Plaintiff was nonsuited. The public attention has been remarkably excited at Liverpool during :the last two or three days, by a circumstance of a very peculiar nature. The windows of two houses in John -street, near the end jf thew-street, have been repeatedly broken by thro. ing in of large pieces of brick or Stone from withou . This strange species of annoyance continues at •in terVals'both in the day and night time; and'th6ugh a great number of persons have employed erery ex ertion to discover the offender, or the quarter from whence the stones are thrown, their efforts have not yet been.successful. The stonesire not seen till they enter the window, and they are so exedly ai wed, t hat every stone is sure to demolish a pane. The af fair has made so much noise, that it has'at laqsk!x cited the attention of the polic‘• and there,is no doubt but the mystery will sews be developed.